1954 - Special Collections

78 YEAR BOOK AMERICAN CLAN G REGOR SOC IETY
M RS. H ENRIETTA KI NGSLEY CUM M I NGS BLACK
1871-1954
E dith J ohnson of Philadelphia, who survives him. He also leaves two daughters.
Mrs. Hen rietta Kingsley Cummings Black died at her home in New Orleans,
La., Dec. 3, 1954. She was the daughter of Albert Newhall Cummings and Lau ra
T urpin Hutton. She was an early member of the Clan. A Memorial will appear
in the 1956 Yea r Book.
MRS. RICHARD H . MAYNARD
1863-1954
Mrs. Henrietta Maria Clari ssa Ma ynard died at her home in Gambrill , Md.,
on Dec. 17, 1954. She also was one of the ear ly members of the Clan. A Memorial
will appear in the 1956 Yea r Book.
\VI LLI A ~1 ERN EST O FFUTT , SR.
188 -1955
William E rnest Offutt, Sr., 67, one of Arlington's leading builders and member
of the Council of American Clan Gregor Society, died March 10, 1955, at Doctors
Ho spita l, Wash., D. C. after a short illness. H e lived at 3454 North Ed ison Street,
Ar lingto n, V irginia.
Mr. Offutt was a descendant of James Offutt, Sr. (1725-1802) and Rebecca
Magruder (1725-1810) who was the daught er of Ninian Magruder I and Elizabeth
Brewer. Ninian Magruder I was the grandson of Alexander Magruder, Immigrant.
Born in Barnesville, in Upper Montgomery County, Md., Mr. Offutt later
lived in Charles County, Md. He moved to Virginia in 1947 and built homes in
Arli ngton and Fa lls Church.
Mr. Offutt was a graduate of the Washington and Lee University School of
Engineering. H e was a member of the Alph a Chi Rho Fraternity at W &L. He
was surveyor for Charl es Count y and also acted as county aid superv isor. H e was
a member of the W ashingt on Golf and Country Club.
In addition to his widow, Mary Brady Offutt, he is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Frank P . Hamilton, Mrs. William T. McCorm ick, Mrs. Paul H. Drury,
Mrs . James G. Conroy ; two sons, T homa s J . and Wi lliam E. Offutt, J r., and 15
gra ndchildren. He is also survived by four sisters and three brothers.
A requiem mass was offered at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 2000 block of
North Rando lph Street, Arlington. Burial was in the Monocacy Cemetery at
Beallsville, Md.